Challenges in the fabrication of biodegradable and implantable optical fibers for biomedical applications Universiteit Gent Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The limited penetration depth of visible light in biological tissues has encouraged researchers to develop novel implantable light-guiding devices. Optical fibers and waveguides that are made from biocompatible and biodegradable materials offer a straightforward but effective approach to overcome this issue. In the last decade, various optically transparent biomaterials, as well as different fabrication techniques, have been investigated for ...